Smear merchant Brad Lander's lie about Mayor Adams is disgusting, even for him
The remark came totally out of the blue, with Comptroller Slander — er, Lander — saying Adams' criticism of ICE arrests was a ploy.
'I have heard some people say maybe the mayor is in the Epstein files, and he's just trying to distract,' smirked the ethics-challenged fiscal watchdog.
'I have heard some people say'? Who, Brad?
Don't throw the slime if you won't drop the dime.
Lander's poo-flinging insinuation that Adams is a pedophile is a new low, even for this morally bankrupt poltroon.
Now he disingenuously claims it was just a joke, but that damage is done.
In any event, it's unseemly for him to be indulging in blatant electioneering on behalf of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign instead of focusing on his day job — the city's shaky finances — in the hope of winning a spot in a Mamdani administration.
And consider Brad Pander's own slimy record:
He's carved out a niche as a token Jew whom rank antisemites can rely on to deflect criticism.
Any time Jew-haters like, say, Mamdani, activist Linda Sarsour, Council Member Shahana Hanif or principal Debbie Almontaser need a 'Jewish' ally to pull their feet out of their antisemitic mouths, it's Lander to the rescue.
While he claims to support Israel, he's strives to be one of its loudest critics, and even divested all city pension funds from Israel Bonds in 2023.
As comptroller, he signs off on city payments to nonprofits. Meanwhile, his wife, Meg Barnette, was the CEO of Nonprofit New York, an umbrella and advocacy group for the same nonprofits that need her husband's signature. Convenient, no?
He was also eyeball-deep in the Working Families Party's campaign-finance scandal. His longtime chief of staff, Rachel Goodman, was named in a 2015 indictment as a participant in a conspiracy to defraud the Campaign Finance Board.
In one of his races for a City Council seat, he self-righteously slammed his opponent for sending his kid to a special-needs private school while he sent his own children to public school.
In a city filled with vile politicians (Mamdani himself is a sure contender for Worst-of-All-Time), Lander clearly leads the pack.
He's been a smug blot on the city ever since he showed up as a St. Louis-bred carpetbagger soiling Gotham with his smarmy socialism.
Now he shows us he's also a dirt merchant.
Charmed, we're sure.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Boston Globe
2 hours ago
- Boston Globe
In defense of the Anti-Defamation League
This controversy isn't isolated. Here in Massachusetts, the American Jewish Committee (on whose board I serve) has Advertisement But that line of attack misses the deeper, more troubling reality: Today's Advertisement To be clear, criticizing a government is fair game. We do it here in the United States all the time. No one says you hate America just because you oppose its foreign policy. And no one — certainly not the ADL — is claiming that all critics of Israeli policy are antisemitic, or that Jewish people who disagree with Israeli leaders are betraying their own. What the ADL is saying is that many people today are using opposition to Israel as a fig leaf for antisemitic prejudice. And the selectivity of that outrage is telling. Some argue that Israel draws special scrutiny because it receives US aid. That's a fair concern — taxpayer dollars deserve oversight. But we Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have a right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. One can disagree with Israeli policy and still affirm Israel's right to exist and defend itself. But when people obsessively single out Israel for condemnation — while ignoring other regimes that commit atrocities — it's time to ask why. Advertisement We have learned to listen when members of the LGBTQ community call out homophobia. We don't dismiss Black or brown communities when they say something is racist. Jewish communities deserve the same respect. With 5,000 years of surviving hatred, they know what antisemitism feels like. So does the ADL, which has spent more than a century tracking it. When it raises the alarm, it isn't overreacting. It's experience. No Bostonian wakes up in the morning wondering whether the train to work might explode, or whether Fenway Park might be bombed simply because someone wants Massachusetts wiped off the map. But Israelis have lived under that kind of threat since 1948. That's why I stand with Israel — and with the ADL. As a Black woman who converted to Judaism, I don't agree with every Israeli policy. But I strongly and unapologetically support its right to exist, to defend itself, and to live free of terror. Rather than criticizing the ADL for refusing to let political critique become a cover for bigotry, we should be applauding its courage. Opposing Israeli policy isn't antisemitic. But obsessively targeting the Jewish state should raise a red flag for all of us. At a time when antisemitism is rising in America and around the world, the ADL is not stifling debate. It's doing exactly what it was founded to do: protecting Jewish people from hate, no matter how it disguises itself.
New York Post
4 hours ago
- New York Post
Trump administration's lawsuit over Chicago's sanctuary city policies tossed by federal judge
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit challenging sanctuary city policies in Chicago and the state of Illinois. The Justice Department sued Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago — along with several state and local officials, including Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson — in February, arguing their sanctuary laws 'interfere' with Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ability to arrest and deport illegal migrants. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, concluded that sanctuary policies — which prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal authorities on immigration enforcement — are protected by the 10th Amendment. 6 Federal agents detain a protester attempting to block US ICE agents from entering a building housing an immigration court in Chicago, Ill. on June 16, 2025. REUTERS '[T]he Sanctuary Policies reflect Defendants' decision to not participate in enforcing civil immigration law — a decision protected by the Tenth Amendment and not preempted by [federal immigration laws],' Jenkins wrote in her 64-page ruling. 'Finding that these same Policy provisions constitute discrimination or impermissible regulation would provide an end-run around the Tenth Amendment,' the judge continued. 'It would allow the federal government to commandeer States under the guise of intergovernmental immunity — the exact type of direct regulation of states barred by the Tenth Amendment.' Jenkins also determined that the Trump administration lacked standing to sue the 'individual defendants' named in the case, such as Pritzker and Cook. She dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning the Trump administration may amend its complaint if it wishes to continue litigating the issue. In their lawsuit, the Trump administration singled out the Illinois Trust Act and Chicago's Welcoming City ordinance. 6 President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House on July 25, 2025. Ron Sachs/CNP / The Trust Act declares that 'State law does not currently grant State or local law enforcement the authority to enforce federal civil immigration laws,' while the Welcoming City ordinance emphatically states, 'No agency or agent shall: arrest, detain or continue to detain a person solely on the belief that the person is not present legally in the United States.' Pritzker and Johnson celebrated the judge's ruling. 'Illinois just beat the Trump Administration in federal court,' the governor wrote on X. 'Their case challenging the bipartisan TRUST Act was dismissed — unlike the President, we follow the law and listen to the courts.' 6 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks after a meeting in the governor's office in Chicago on April 7, 2023. Getty Images Meanwhile, Johnson tweeted that the ruling 'affirms what we have long known: that Chicago's Welcoming City Ordinance is lawful and supports public safety.' 'Chicago cannot be compelled to cooperate with the Trump Administration's reckless and inhumane immigration agenda,' the mayor added. 'Our city is safer when local law enforcement can focus on the needs of Chicagoans.' 6 Lindsay C. Jenkins, US district judge for the Northern District of Illinois nominee, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Oct. 12, 2022. REUTERS 6 Protesters hold up a sign opposing President Trump outside Trump Tower in Chicago during a rally on Jan. 20, 2025. AP The ruling is a setback to the Trump administration, which earlier this week sued New York City and Mayor Eric Adams over Gotham's sanctuary city policies — similarly arguing that rules limiting the NYPD's and other law enforcement agencies' cooperation with federal immigration enforcement are unconstitutional. The move came after two illegal migrants allegedly shot an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer in the face in a Manhattan park. Attorney General Pam Bondi filed suit against Chicago and the state of Illinois on her first day on the job at DOJ. 6 Federal agents hold back a protester during an ICE exercise outside an immigration court in Chicago on June 16, 2025. REUTERS Bondi teased that the lawsuit would be the first of several going after sanctuary policies in Democrat-run states and cities. 'If you are a leader of a state or local jurisdiction that obstructs or impedes federal law enforcement, you will be next,' Bondi said in February. The DOJ has since filed lawsuits against New York City, Los Angeles, Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken over sanctuary laws. The White House and DOJ did not immediately respond to The Post's requests for comment.
The Hill
7 hours ago
- The Hill
Federal judge tosses Trump administration's ‘sanctuary city' lawsuit against Illinois
A federal judge on Friday threw out a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to block sanctuary laws in Illinois that limit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. In her ruling, Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins said that the Tenth Amendment, which protects people from federal government overreach, shielded the decision of local law enforcement to avoid collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other immigration agencies. 'It would allow the federal government to commandeer States under the guise of intergovernmental immunity—the exact type of direct regulation of states barred by the Tenth Amendment,' Jenkins wrote of the suit, which named Illinois, Chicago and a series of local officials as defendants. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Illinois prevents local officials from providing immigration information 'not otherwise publicly available,' while Chicago bars them from responding to inquiries from ICE without a warrant. State officers are also barred from complying with immigration detainers. The Trump administration argued that the local laws were an 'intentional effort' to subvert federal immigration statutes and claimed that they facilitated the return of criminals to the public. Chicago was one of the first major fronts in the Trump administration's aggressive mass deportation campaign, with federal agents swarming the city in the weeks after the inauguration. The lawsuit was one of the first cases filed by the Trump administration against so-called sanctuary jurisdictions.
